English noun: aliveness | |||
1. | aliveness (state) the condition of living or the state of being alive | ||
Samples | While there's life there's hope. Life depends on many chemical and physical processes. | ||
Synonyms | animation, life, living | ||
Broader (hypernym) | being, beingness, existence | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | endurance, eternal life, life eternal, skin, survival | ||
Attribute | alive, dead, live | ||
2. | aliveness (attribute) the property of being animated; having animal life as distinguished from plant life | ||
Synonyms | animateness, liveness | ||
Broader (hypernym) | physiological property | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | animation, sentience, vitality | ||
Attribute | animate, inanimate, non-living, nonliving | ||
Antonyms | inanimateness, lifelessness | ||